A woman was left ‘shaking’ after she learned the true value of a wine glass her dad had bought for 50p at a bric-a-brac market stall.
In the latest episode of BBC’s Antiques Roadshow, the guest brought the bargain glassware to the Eden project to be valued by experts. She explained how her father picked it up at a bric-a-brac stall for just 50p despite it only being on sale for 10p.
Speaking to appraiser Andy McConnell, she said: “It belongs to my father, he saw it on a bric-a-brac stall, [the owner] wanted 10p, my father liked it so gave him 50p.” To which, the expert joked: “Oh I really like it, can I have it for a quid?”
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However, it turns out that the glass was much more valuable than anticipated. Andy explained that the glassware was incredibly rare over and 300-years old. He said it was called a ‘heavy baluster’ due to the glass featuring 30% lead.
He also revealed it dated back to 30 years after the invention of lead crystals, adding: “George Ravenscroft perfected the formula for lead crystal in 1676, and this is 30 years afterwards. It’s about 1705-1710, which dates it at over 300 years old. And it’s rare!”
He gushed as the woman admitted the news had left her shaking. But the good news wasn’t over as she was yet to hear the price.
Andy estimated it would be worth around £2,000, prompting the gobsmacked woman to throw her hands over her mouth. “Have a drink out of it tonight for Dad,” the expert said.
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The news comes after an Antiques Roadshow guest was left stunned after finding out the true value of a glass display case they bought at auction as it was once storage for the world’s most expensive bottle of whisky. In the episode of the BBC program, which aired on February 25, the owner of the case brought the item in to be looked at by expert Marc Allum at Brodie Castle and Estate in Scotland.
He claimed he bought it for £200 at an auction after spotting the 1926 badge on the case. The guest said he realised the significance of the year in relation to the bottle of whisky which was once in it. It was one of 24 made to display a bottle of 1926 Macallan whisky.
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